From: larry_scholnick on 23 Apr 2010 19:57 We've all gotten used to the term "Sloth" which is used here for those who drive slower than the flow of traffic in other than the rightmost lane, and who accelerate at barely measurable rates. Have you ever wondered what real traffic engineers call such drivers? Have you ever wondered how they refer to drivers who keep up with traffic and actually pass such slower vehicles? I was looking for something unrelated to these questions on the Caltrans web site when I ran across a link to an engineering study that focused on these two different groups of drivers. Sloths were referred to as SLUGS; the drivers who passed them were referred to as Rabbits. The link to the study: http://www.dot.ca.gov/newtech/researchreports/2002-2006/2002/to_4113_2.pdf Enjoy!
From: Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS on 23 Apr 2010 23:23 On Apr 23, 5:57 pm, larry_scholnick <larry_scholn...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > We've all gotten used to the term "Sloth" which is used here for those > who drive slower than the flow of traffic in other than the rightmost > lane, and who accelerate at barely measurable rates. > > Have you ever wondered what real traffic engineers call such drivers? > > Have you ever wondered how they refer to drivers who keep up with > traffic and actually pass such slower vehicles? > > I was looking for something unrelated to these questions on the > Caltrans web site when I ran across a link to an engineering study > that focused on these two different groups of drivers. > > Sloths were referred to as SLUGS; the drivers who passed them were > referred to as Rabbits. > > The link to the study:http://www.dot.ca.gov/newtech/researchreports/2002-2006/2002/to_4113_... > > Enjoy! wrong - slow drivers are called law-abiding citizens and speeders are called psychopathic murderers
From: Elmer on 23 Apr 2010 23:45 On Apr 23, 7:57 pm, larry_scholnick <larry_scholn...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > We've all gotten used to the term "Sloth" which is used here for those > who drive slower than the flow of traffic in other than the rightmost > lane, and who accelerate at barely measurable rates. > > Have you ever wondered what real traffic engineers call such drivers? > > Have you ever wondered how they refer to drivers who keep up with > traffic and actually pass such slower vehicles? > > I was looking for something unrelated to these questions on the > Caltrans web site when I ran across a link to an engineering study > that focused on these two different groups of drivers. > > Sloths were referred to as SLUGS; the drivers who passed them were > referred to as Rabbits. > > The link to the study:http://www.dot.ca.gov/newtech/researchreports/2002-2006/2002/to_4113_... > > Enjoy! Well, it was somewhat enjoyable to read, but painful too. While the study puts drivers into one of two categories, Rabbits or Slugs, it assumes the Slugs to be "timid" and that they ALL drive in the rightmost lane. Our "Sloths" who block flow in the left lane should probably be called "Elephants", as in being in the room but totally ignored by the study. I have to wonder, do the researchers even have driver's licenses? Clearly, they never spent any time driving in traffic. One of the silly hypotheses the study tried to prove is that Rabbits will leave less headroom when a string of them are passing Slugs, but they'll leave more space when there's no opportunity for anyone to pass. Of course, WE know drivers do this quite naturally; you've got to hold your place in the line and keep up with the car ahead of you to prevent a Sloth from cutting in. An observation made by the study was that "flow collapse" happens after a reduction of flow in the left lane. Gee, who would have thunk it? The study also talks about the cause of these left lane speed disturbances as being "events", rather than what they really are: drivers violating the law by moving slower than other traffic but failing to keep right!!! The study is rather comical though, when you picture the researchers trying to over-analyze the limited set of data generated by a few traffic meters, coming up with fancy equations and graphs and coining terms like reversed-lambda and inverted-V traffic flows, yet apparently having little real-world knowledge of what it's like to actually drive on the highway being studied. Elmer
From: Rich Piehl on 23 Apr 2010 23:51 On 4/23/2010 10:23 PM, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote: > On Apr 23, 5:57 pm, larry_scholnick<larry_scholn...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> We've all gotten used to the term "Sloth" which is used here for those >> who drive slower than the flow of traffic in other than the rightmost >> lane, and who accelerate at barely measurable rates. >> >> Have you ever wondered what real traffic engineers call such drivers? >> >> Have you ever wondered how they refer to drivers who keep up with >> traffic and actually pass such slower vehicles? >> >> I was looking for something unrelated to these questions on the >> Caltrans web site when I ran across a link to an engineering study >> that focused on these two different groups of drivers. >> >> Sloths were referred to as SLUGS; the drivers who passed them were >> referred to as Rabbits. >> >> The link to the study:http://www.dot.ca.gov/newtech/researchreports/2002-2006/2002/to_4113_... >> >> Enjoy! > > wrong - slow drivers are called law-abiding citizens and speeders are > called psychopathic murderers Not necessarily. On a freeway when a driver is going below the minimum speed limit they are breaking the law. There is nothing law abiding about them. ON a multi-lane road it is frequently posted that slower traffic keep right or keep right except to pass. If the slower driver is in the left lanes they would be breaking the law. There is nothing law abiding about that. When they are doing it to prove a point or to try to slow other drivers down because they have some kind of condescending arrogance of always being right they are psychopathic. Go away Saddam!
From: Elmer on 23 Apr 2010 23:53
On Apr 23, 11:23 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <beta...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > slow drivers are called law-abiding citizens and speeders are > called psychopathic murderers Some of them perhaps, but slow drivers who fail to keep right are not law-abiding; they should be ticketed and/or arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law, no different than speeders. Elmer |